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Date Posted: 14:36:56 08/15/05 Mon In reply to: 's message, "Re: Arriva's "rust buckets"" on 21:21:40 08/11/05 Thu Well there might be, coz apparently Citybus 4323 (H654 GPH) caught fire whilst on the Sinfin routes on Saturday!! Does this explain why Yellow Schoolbus E151*** was on the 38 on Saturday? >Well i've not had much experience with the DAFs though >the Darts are in a pretty bad state, most of the seats >are full of holes melted into them, theres cracks and >quite a bit of wear a tear for five year old busses. > >The older busses with the metal tube seating seem in a >better condition. > >Yesterday I noticed one of the Mickleover busses had >been in a fairly nasty smash, it was being towed away >with a broken windshield and damaged bumper. > >Trent may be higher prices however i've noticed that >driver-passenger relations are better, the quality of >vehicles are better and using trent is far more >pleasent affair then using Arriva. > >>Hi >>N+D have two ex Arriva Citybuses (B138/9 GAU). >>Neither have been repainted, and arent likely to be >>either. They have N+D names applied to them, and are >>only used on Schools services. >> >>They purchased them at Christmas, as they needed more >>deckers for extra School Contracts (won from >>Arriva!!). >> >>I know what you mean about the plasticy look on the >>DAFs and Darts. The new Scanias that Trent have are >>similar. The interior of the Optare Excels have >>material on the walls and the ceiling, which the takes >>the plasticy effect off in my opinion. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |